MiniGibbo's - '93, Peugeot 205 Rallye

[MiniGibbo]

Picked this up from Barnstable, Devon on saturday 10/09/11. Its a 93' Peugeot 205 Rallye in yellow. This is what i found on them when i had a quick search on wiki..

"From 1988 to 1992 Peugeot produced another variant of the 205, the 205 Rallye, which was engineered and produced by Peugeot-Talbot sport. This edition of the 205 was positioned as a cost effective alternative to the 205 GTI, retaining its sporty character, but being less expensive to buy or maintain.

To achieve this, Peugeot used a derivative of the TU-series engine used in the post-1987 205s, which was designated TU24. The engine is essentially the same engine as was in the 1.1-litre 205 with the cylinders bored out to a total engine displacement of 1294 cc, a sports camshaft and twin Weber carburetors. While only a 1.3-litre engine, it still produced 103 PS (76 kW; 102 hp) at no less than 6800 rpm. The car got the 1.6 GTI front suspension with ventilated brake discs, and the 1.6 GTI rear axle with drum brakes.

The 205 Rallye was completely stripped of almost all soundproofing, electrical systems or other luxury items, bringing down the weight to no more than 794 kg (1,750 lb). Its minimalistic equipment, together with the high revs needed to unleash all of the engine's horsepower gives the 205 Rallye a very spartan character and makes it a difficult but rewarding car to drive hard, which is one of the reasons it is now very popular among 205 GTI enthusiasts. Around 30,000 Rallyes were produced, and they were only sold in some countries on the European mainland (at least in France, Belgium, Spain and The Netherlands). This, together with the fact that a lot of these cars have been wrecked because it is a difficult (and for some drivers even dangerous) car to drive makes the 205 Rallye a very rare car nowadays. It is almost impossible to buy one in good shape anymore because Rallye owners now tend to hold on to their cars, knowing it will be a classic in the not-too-distant future."

This car however does not have the Twin carb'ed lump, A previous owner took it upon him self to throw that in the bin and "shoe horn" the massive S1 1300 106 Rallye engine in, basicully the same but with injection and another 25hp bringing the total upto 100hp which in a sub 800kg car and good chassis does make for a good spirited drive!!

I bought it blind not knowing a lot about Rallye's and basicully nothing about 205's in general.. To say this will be a learning curve may be a massive understatment

The car its self has 138k with very little service history consisting of the "green slip" and the two previous MOT's. Im not too worried as the shell looks to be in excelent condition with no obvious signs of welding or major rust and its obviously not the original engine.

Some pictures, starting with the drive home then some detialed shots before i touched the car at all not even a clean..

Standard issue driving home shot, sat behind my cars van..



Some of the car near my place that i got before i ventured out to the forest to see how it "really drove"












The interior








And some of the engine bay, i took detailed shots of most things to see if anyone could notice anything i havent picked up on or if something looks out of place or untoward..










And more inportantly the spec of the car!!

Exterior
Stubby arieal

Chassic
S2 106 Rallye steel's wrapped in 185/55 Toyo Proxie CF1's
Apex 25mm springs
Bilstein dampers
206 GTI front brakes with green stuff pads

Engine
S1 106 Rallye 1300 injection engine
S1 106 Rallye gearbox
205 GTI fuel tank
Solid Lower engine mount
Custom oil catch tank
Custom air filter
XS B pipe
OMP inox backbox.

Interior
205 GTI 1600 Cloth interior
Sound deading removed.

The car also had a new timing belt and full fliuid service not long ago, The gearbox has been fully rebuilt using new syncros and a new second gear..

The car has also been treated to new copper brake lines and fuel lines, which look recent given their "shinney'ness"

The car is not without fault though...

The rev counter dosent work unless the blowers on full.
The lights dont work on the dash (making night driving interesting)

As it stands i have no plans for the car apart from cleaning it, fueling it up and driving it

[Jay_]

You love yellow cars.

Bet its fun though!!

[Rudpud]

Love the seats tbh!

[JRC1]

Saw this today in the flesh and I have to say it is a bloody nice example! Goes well as well! Get the white steelies powdercoated, then they'll look even better!

[MiniGibbo]

Cheers guys, yer soon as i saw it for sell i knew i had to have it

[D--R--E--W]

Really like the ermmm..... seats??

[Chr15]

shame its faggot wheel drive as you put it

[MiniGibbo]

Originally Posted by Chr15

shame its faggot wheel drive as you put it

I thought id struggle going back to it after years of being the in rwd and be over steering all over the show but am massivly impressed by its handling..

** Also jsut found it, it does have the s1 Rallye ecu, suspected out reading by the rev counter..**

[Simon0014]

Nice hamster shoot that leads into a monster can!!! I joke, I love it mate specially the seats, they are really nice. Just needs a bit of a tidy up and will be a minter!!!! Not to sure why the previous owner put that monster can on as an oil catch tank on what is largely a standard classic!

[MiniGibbo]

Cheers dude, yer i may have to invest in a "proper" catch tank at some point..

[Gandi699]

Those seats look like rover items if I'm not mistaken? Nice to see its still an 8v still too

[MiniGibbo]

Originally Posted by Gandi699

Those seats look like rover items if I'm not mistaken? Nice to see its still an 8v still too

Nope i see what you mean they sort of resemble the tomcat half leathers but theyre stand issue fitment to the older ford cosworths like the seirra's..

Not as nice as my recaro speeds in my other car but still decent enough

[Simon0014]

Originally Posted by MiniGibbo

Cheers dude, yer i may have to invest in a "proper" catch tank at some point..

Haha yeah sounds good mate. I saw a couple of these at coombe yesterday...Really like them but i have to admit i know sod all about them either!!

[MiniGibbo]

Lucky you dude, from what ive seen theyres only 66 left on the roads in yellow and seeing one is rare enough let alone a few!!

Im away all week and at Players next weekend with the "german" so this will not be touched for nearly two weeks now

[Gandi699]

Originally Posted by MiniGibbo

Nope i see what you mean they sort of resemble the tomcat half leathers but theyre stand issue fitment to the older ford cosworths like the seirra's..

Not as nice as my recaro speeds in my other car but still decent enough

They reminded me of the recaros in the 800 vitesse. Look extremely similar:
Either way they are decent seats

[JoeHindle]

Oooooh, me likey- I'm gonna be keeping a look out at this I love 205's!!

[Simon0014]

Originally Posted by MiniGibbo

Lucky you dude, from what ive seen theyres only 66 left on the roads in yellow and seeing one is rare enough let alone a few!!

Im away all week and at Players next weekend with the "german" so this will not be touched for nearly two weeks now

I think i saw 2 yellow ones and there was a white one on the same stand as my car. Maybe it was just one yellow on that moved places in an attempt to mind fuck me....

Ahh thats pretty gutting! At least you have something to look forward to??

[ed-bradley]

Only recently started noticing these and appreciating them.. I've seen 2 locally so far, both in yellow.
Ones owned by a postman Lol.

[blackie_2k5]

arent s1 rallye engines 120bhp... s2 are 100bhp.or 110..i cant remember lol

looks very clean, although it looks like that engine has been seriousley bodged in

not much to get it back into good shape though

loving the "induction kit"

[timmythechef]

I like your van. lovely colour! did you know there a tb'd 205 rallye for sale?